diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/alloc_background_format.h b/fs/bcachefs/alloc_background_format.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b4ec20be93b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/alloc_background_format.h
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _BCACHEFS_ALLOC_BACKGROUND_FORMAT_H
+#define _BCACHEFS_ALLOC_BACKGROUND_FORMAT_H
+
+struct bch_alloc {
+	struct bch_val		v;
+	__u8			fields;
+	__u8			gen;
+	__u8			data[];
+} __packed __aligned(8);
+
+#define BCH_ALLOC_FIELDS_V1()			\
+	x(read_time,		16)		\
+	x(write_time,		16)		\
+	x(data_type,		8)		\
+	x(dirty_sectors,	16)		\
+	x(cached_sectors,	16)		\
+	x(oldest_gen,		8)		\
+	x(stripe,		32)		\
+	x(stripe_redundancy,	8)
+
+enum {
+#define x(name, _bits) BCH_ALLOC_FIELD_V1_##name,
+	BCH_ALLOC_FIELDS_V1()
+#undef x
+};
+
+struct bch_alloc_v2 {
+	struct bch_val		v;
+	__u8			nr_fields;
+	__u8			gen;
+	__u8			oldest_gen;
+	__u8			data_type;
+	__u8			data[];
+} __packed __aligned(8);
+
+#define BCH_ALLOC_FIELDS_V2()			\
+	x(read_time,		64)		\
+	x(write_time,		64)		\
+	x(dirty_sectors,	32)		\
+	x(cached_sectors,	32)		\
+	x(stripe,		32)		\
+	x(stripe_redundancy,	8)
+
+struct bch_alloc_v3 {
+	struct bch_val		v;
+	__le64			journal_seq;
+	__le32			flags;
+	__u8			nr_fields;
+	__u8			gen;
+	__u8			oldest_gen;
+	__u8			data_type;
+	__u8			data[];
+} __packed __aligned(8);
+
+LE32_BITMASK(BCH_ALLOC_V3_NEED_DISCARD,struct bch_alloc_v3, flags,  0,  1)
+LE32_BITMASK(BCH_ALLOC_V3_NEED_INC_GEN,struct bch_alloc_v3, flags,  1,  2)
+
+struct bch_alloc_v4 {
+	struct bch_val		v;
+	__u64			journal_seq;
+	__u32			flags;
+	__u8			gen;
+	__u8			oldest_gen;
+	__u8			data_type;
+	__u8			stripe_redundancy;
+	__u32			dirty_sectors;
+	__u32			cached_sectors;
+	__u64			io_time[2];
+	__u32			stripe;
+	__u32			nr_external_backpointers;
+	__u64			fragmentation_lru;
+} __packed __aligned(8);
+
+#define BCH_ALLOC_V4_U64s_V0	6
+#define BCH_ALLOC_V4_U64s	(sizeof(struct bch_alloc_v4) / sizeof(__u64))
+
+BITMASK(BCH_ALLOC_V4_NEED_DISCARD,	struct bch_alloc_v4, flags,  0,  1)
+BITMASK(BCH_ALLOC_V4_NEED_INC_GEN,	struct bch_alloc_v4, flags,  1,  2)
+BITMASK(BCH_ALLOC_V4_BACKPOINTERS_START,struct bch_alloc_v4, flags,  2,  8)
+BITMASK(BCH_ALLOC_V4_NR_BACKPOINTERS,	struct bch_alloc_v4, flags,  8,  14)
+
+#define KEY_TYPE_BUCKET_GENS_BITS	8
+#define KEY_TYPE_BUCKET_GENS_NR		(1U << KEY_TYPE_BUCKET_GENS_BITS)
+#define KEY_TYPE_BUCKET_GENS_MASK	(KEY_TYPE_BUCKET_GENS_NR - 1)
+
+struct bch_bucket_gens {
+	struct bch_val		v;
+	u8			gens[KEY_TYPE_BUCKET_GENS_NR];
+} __packed __aligned(8);
+
+#endif /* _BCACHEFS_ALLOC_BACKGROUND_FORMAT_H */
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/bcachefs_format.h b/fs/bcachefs/bcachefs_format.h
index 1dbc26a5945e..e26b8000c26b 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/bcachefs_format.h
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/bcachefs_format.h
@@ -710,89 +710,6 @@ struct bch_reservation {
 #define BKEY_BTREE_PTR_U64s_MAX					\
 	(BKEY_U64s + BKEY_BTREE_PTR_VAL_U64s_MAX)
 
-
-/* Bucket/allocation information: */
-
-struct bch_alloc {
-	struct bch_val		v;
-	__u8			fields;
-	__u8			gen;
-	__u8			data[];
-} __packed __aligned(8);
-
-#define BCH_ALLOC_FIELDS_V1()			\
-	x(read_time,		16)		\
-	x(write_time,		16)		\
-	x(data_type,		8)		\
-	x(dirty_sectors,	16)		\
-	x(cached_sectors,	16)		\
-	x(oldest_gen,		8)		\
-	x(stripe,		32)		\
-	x(stripe_redundancy,	8)
-
-enum {
-#define x(name, _bits) BCH_ALLOC_FIELD_V1_##name,
-	BCH_ALLOC_FIELDS_V1()
-#undef x
-};
-
-struct bch_alloc_v2 {
-	struct bch_val		v;
-	__u8			nr_fields;
-	__u8			gen;
-	__u8			oldest_gen;
-	__u8			data_type;
-	__u8			data[];
-} __packed __aligned(8);
-
-#define BCH_ALLOC_FIELDS_V2()			\
-	x(read_time,		64)		\
-	x(write_time,		64)		\
-	x(dirty_sectors,	32)		\
-	x(cached_sectors,	32)		\
-	x(stripe,		32)		\
-	x(stripe_redundancy,	8)
-
-struct bch_alloc_v3 {
-	struct bch_val		v;
-	__le64			journal_seq;
-	__le32			flags;
-	__u8			nr_fields;
-	__u8			gen;
-	__u8			oldest_gen;
-	__u8			data_type;
-	__u8			data[];
-} __packed __aligned(8);
-
-LE32_BITMASK(BCH_ALLOC_V3_NEED_DISCARD,struct bch_alloc_v3, flags,  0,  1)
-LE32_BITMASK(BCH_ALLOC_V3_NEED_INC_GEN,struct bch_alloc_v3, flags,  1,  2)
-
-struct bch_alloc_v4 {
-	struct bch_val		v;
-	__u64			journal_seq;
-	__u32			flags;
-	__u8			gen;
-	__u8			oldest_gen;
-	__u8			data_type;
-	__u8			stripe_redundancy;
-	__u32			dirty_sectors;
-	__u32			cached_sectors;
-	__u64			io_time[2];
-	__u32			stripe;
-	__u32			nr_external_backpointers;
-	__u64			fragmentation_lru;
-} __packed __aligned(8);
-
-#define BCH_ALLOC_V4_U64s_V0	6
-#define BCH_ALLOC_V4_U64s	(sizeof(struct bch_alloc_v4) / sizeof(__u64))
-
-BITMASK(BCH_ALLOC_V4_NEED_DISCARD,	struct bch_alloc_v4, flags,  0,  1)
-BITMASK(BCH_ALLOC_V4_NEED_INC_GEN,	struct bch_alloc_v4, flags,  1,  2)
-BITMASK(BCH_ALLOC_V4_BACKPOINTERS_START,struct bch_alloc_v4, flags,  2,  8)
-BITMASK(BCH_ALLOC_V4_NR_BACKPOINTERS,	struct bch_alloc_v4, flags,  8,  14)
-
-#define BCH_ALLOC_V4_NR_BACKPOINTERS_MAX	40
-
 struct bch_backpointer {
 	struct bch_val		v;
 	__u8			btree_id;
@@ -803,15 +720,6 @@ struct bch_backpointer {
 	struct bpos		pos;
 } __packed __aligned(8);
 
-#define KEY_TYPE_BUCKET_GENS_BITS	8
-#define KEY_TYPE_BUCKET_GENS_NR		(1U << KEY_TYPE_BUCKET_GENS_BITS)
-#define KEY_TYPE_BUCKET_GENS_MASK	(KEY_TYPE_BUCKET_GENS_NR - 1)
-
-struct bch_bucket_gens {
-	struct bch_val		v;
-	u8			gens[KEY_TYPE_BUCKET_GENS_NR];
-} __packed __aligned(8);
-
 /* Erasure coding */
 
 struct bch_stripe {
@@ -991,8 +899,9 @@ struct bch_sb_field {
 	x(ext,				13)	\
 	x(downgrade,			14)
 
-#include "dirent_format.h"
+#include "alloc_background_format.h"
 #include "inode_format.h"
+#include "dirent_format.h"
 #include "xattr_format.h"
 #include "quota_format.h"
 #include "sb-counters_format.h"